225 | Infinity Pool

• Written & Directed by Brandon Cronenberg

• Stars Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 57mins 

• Premiered at Sundance January 21, 2023

• Released January 27, 2023 

• RT: 86% critics, 52% audience 

  Synopsis 

  A bored couple on vacation in a small foreign country runs afoul of the government and must face an unexpected punishment.

Join us next time when we’ll at long last be watching and reviewing Beau is Afraid, currently in theaters.

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224 | Evil Dead Rise

• Written & Directed by Lee Cronin

• Stars Mirabai Pease, Anna-Maree Thomas and Alyssa Sutherland

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 37mins 

• Premiered at SXSW March 15, 2023

• Released April 21, 2023 

• RT: 85% critics, 80% audience

  Synopsis 

  New book, same old story - this time the evil book is discovered by a young family and possesses their mother. Will her estranged sister be able to save the children and get them out of the apartment building before it’s too late?

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing the very fluid-filled movie, Infinity Pool, currently available for rent on various platforms.

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223 | Scream 6

• Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

• Written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick

• Stars Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega

• Rated R

• Runtime: 2hr 2mins 

• Released March 10, 2023 

• RT: 77% critics, 91% audience 

• Available in theaters

  Synopsis 

  The fucks are at it again! This time several different people want to be the next Ghostface, and they’re all going after our survivors.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Ari Aster’s newest, Beau is Afraid, opening in theaters April 21.

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222 | Piggy

• Written & Directed by Carlota Pereda

• Stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes and Carmen Machi

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 39mins 

• Premiered at Sundance January 25, 2022

• Released October 7, 2022 streaming

• RT: 92% critics, 57% audience 

• Available on Hulu and AMC+

  Synopsis 

  An overweight bullied teen girl finds sympathy from an unexpected source and soon finds herself at the center of a town mystery.

As promised, here is the video intro to the Twister “ride” that used to be in Universal Studios. It’s really just Bill Paxton striking a sexy pose whilst talking about the sexiness of tornados.

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Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Scream 6, currently in theaters.

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221 | Near Dark

• Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

• Written by Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow

• Stars Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 34mins 

• Released October 3, 1987

• RT: 83% critics, 74% audience 

• Available on Shudder and AMC+ 

  Synopsis 

  A young man is bitten by a pretty girl who turns out to be a vampire and is taken with her and her gang on a deadly road trip.

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Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Piggy, currently streaming on Hulu

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220 | Knock at the Cabin

• Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

• Written by M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman, Based on the novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

• Stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 40mins 

• Released February 3, 2023

• RT: 67% critics, 64% audience 

• Available in theaters

  Synopsis 

  A family’s vacation rental is invaded by four strangers who ask them to sacrifice one of their number in order to save the world.

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Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Near Dark, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

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219 | The People Under the Stairs

• Written & Directed by Wes Craven

• Stars Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill and Wendy Robie

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 42mins 

• Released November 1, 1991

• RT: 70% critics, 59% audience 

• Available to rent

  Synopsis 

  Facing eviction, a young boy agrees to help two men break into their weirdo landlord’s home to find gold coins. Once inside, however, they find that there is seemingly no way out.

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Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing A Knock at the Cabin, currently in theaters.

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218 | M3GAN

• Directed by Gerard Johnstone

• Written by Akela Cooper, Story by Akela Cooper and James Wan

• Stars Allison Williams, Violet McGraw and Amie Donald

• Rated PG-13

• Runtime: 1hr 42mins 

• Released January 6, 2023

• RT: 94% critics, 78% audience

  Synopsis 

A robotics engineer creates an extremely lifelike child robot and allows it to bond with her recently orphaned niece, with disastrous results.

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Next up, we’re going back in time to review a lil Wes Craven film that we’ve mentioned more than a few times, The People Under the Stairs. So dust off your VHS copy, or head to your local video store and then join us for our next episode.

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217 | The Menu

• Directed by Mark Mylod

• Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy

• Stars Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult and Janet McTeer

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 47mins 

• Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2022

• Released November 18, 2022

• RT: 89% critics, 76% audience 

• Available in the US on HBO

  Synopsis 

A group of 12 high-brow foodies attend a once-in-a-lifetime fine dining experience at the famous Hawthorne restaurant, which is conveniently situation on its own private island. The guests soon learn, however, that they may have bitten off more than they can chew with this particular experience.

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Next up (hopefully), we’ll be covering the fever dream that is M3GAN, which is currently in theaters. On the off chance we don’t make it to the theater in time, we will be reviewing The Harbinger, currently available to rent. Either way, you won’t want to miss it!

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